... banks of the Somme. Yesterday French again advanced north of Somme, capturing second German positions and village of Hem. South river they completed the capture of Entrees. Berlin announces that 915 British prisoners have captured at the Somme. pto last ...

... BATTLE OF THE SOMME. FSRST STAGE E^SDS. FIVE DAY'S RESULTS. {PRESS A SS-OC I A T I WAR SPECIAL 1 PARIS, Fl ick v. A semi-ofFLal statement issued last night says the first stage of the battle of the Sonime hae come an end after continuing uninterrupted ...

... LULL IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. VIOLENT ARTILLERY DUEL IN THE REGION OF THIAUMONT. OFFICIAL. Paris, Friday afternoon. The night was calm both sides iho Somme. the left bank of the Meuse there was i*§ rmiitent in the course of the night. the right bank ...

... IN BATTLE OF THE SOMME : 15,500 PRISONERS. BIGGEST BATTLE OF WESTERN WAR. STEADY PROGRESS OF ALLIES’ PLANS. HOW THE PRUSSIANS SURRENDERED- F.A, Special Correspondent.) Press Camp, France. July 4. Already lias the struggle that is raging north and south ...

... leaves no children. that the great now begun ehould. for histori It is suggested ‘al purposes, be described as the “ Battle of the Somme.” The General Manager of the Leeds Gas Works re- There is a marked lull in theatrical activ ity in ports that there ...

... first stage of the battle of the Somme has come to an end after continuing uninterrdplodmr five days. The in our advance has begun. It was foreseen, and will not surprise anyone. We have just accomplished in five days on the Somme an advance which the ...

... urt\\ eorge Phi-cip & Son,. Ltd. Block; Lcng, THE SHADED PORTION SHOWS THE ALLIED ADVANCE IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. JOHN TRAVERS CORNWELL, of H.M.S. Chester, who was mortally wounded, but whose case is recommended for special recognition in justice ...

... influence of this battle of the Somme iitpon the general course the war. far that course is unchanged,, even at Verdun. There the Germans, defeated at the Thiaumont redoubt—the scene of one of the finest French achievements of the whole battle—made an attempt ...

... prisoners. DEJECTED GERMAN PRISONERS. Paris, Tuesday. Interviewed by the ‘“Petit Parisien,” one of the wounded in the battle of the Somme says: —Orders were well given. Never were the losses so slight. There were very few dead, and the wounded fewer than ...

... STORY OF THE WAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. The Battle of the Somme is not yet over. The Allies continue to make some progress, though the difficulties are now greater, as the Germans have brought fresh forces to resist the advance. Nearly all the positions captured ...

... PRISONERS NOW TAKEN. The latest British and French official reports continue to record satisfactory progress in the great battle of the Somme, which began on Saturday. The Germans have launched desperate counterattacks on the new positions captured by our troops ...

... Association correspondent some interesting sidelights on the German point of view as gathered from prisoners taken in the Battle of the Somme. He said tho Germans, more particularly the officers, were not overtly disheartened at the success of the first advance ...